The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-09 00:00:00

N AVAL NEWS. PLYMOiTTII, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the, Hrimburah ship Die Gate Henrietta, PETER Sc'ErmEDT, :Master, from Chariest Own, laden with timber, bound •to this port ; . the ship Dis, CONDANT WORMAM,:Mas ter, trot', l Welmingion, laden with . timber, bound to this purl. ; the ;Liebe, CARDER ; and Maria, HINNA, from Swansea ; Ann, -CoA•rs ; Dispatch, JONES : Joseph and ‘Marv, MAY -; and Llizabeth Corneiia, TREGARTHEN; from Neath ; Devonshire, ROWELL, front Newcastle Ann, VITTERY, troth Neath ; and the Harrington, CHATMAN, from Purtsmout h. Sailed his_ Majesty's ship Milford, of 74 guns, Captain BAYNTUM, for Rochefort, to relieve the Tonnant, which ship is expected'hete:; the Orestes sloop of war, on a cruize ; the Haytian Admiral's (GooDALt.) ship Lady Esther Stanhope, for Hayti; theßrittinnia cutter to the westward ; the Emile, Mind, and Dirig.ence revenue cutters, on a cruize the Margaret, i\I',NIAsTER, and - John, IRWIN, tor Oporto. PORtSI4OIITH, 'AUG. 8. — Arrived his MajeSty'S *bhips Hero and Rangier, froth the Downi; Coin troni Lisbon; and the Cummeiee, ?ne►ce, CiiITCHELL, flUin Also ,orlved the following vessels, from Lisbon., under convoy of his Alajesty's ship 'Commerce — Young lrtuu, ; Tiavt:lier, Fait; Royalist, Faiton ; 6ariges, Nesbit ; Packs, Harper; Port of gundett..n.d, - ; Ranlier, Younger; Tuskin, Curr ; Pe nelope, ; Dutchess of Betland, -; Princess Char lotte, ;" Fox, - Governor Milne, ; Peace, ; and the Liberty, arria•e<<, the 'Windham, Vi r umams, from Sunderl.lll,l ; Pulles, RoffiN SON, from*New,Etuns- Wick ; iyilijam Pitt, REYNOLDS, from Sunderland i Dzarni, gNAItD, from , New Bedford and. the Poi Holt e, trom America. Tile islitarihia, NivitaAr, from Lisbon, bound to Lundiitr, I.lerr with lernbas'and capper, tip is captured off Isie 'Ol 'Wi4bt, by a Frenct, privateer, and af terwards retaken by Ins Majesty's slip Chi istinn the Filth, atter a long chase. The Master was stabbed by in, Erericlitnen, and is since; dead. Sailed his Atajesty's stips illarspite and Christian the kiith. un a cruize; and the . Balsemao, .41LVS, for the Downs, Passta uy the bcimeward-bound East India Fleet' unner culivoy anis Majesty's ship Nassau. " DOVER:, S i 8.---`P used by for Londuo, under convy of his,Nlajesty:s ship Nassau:— Maria, Suitt!), from Monte V ideo; Carmarthen, Ross, from Bonibay ; AltrestOne, Craig, from China; Clarendon, Hines, from- elioce Ethvard Island.; F.s:•ex, Lisbon, from. Bengal ; I. id Nelson, Rexford, froth Hayti; Trelawney - Planter, Fix, rrwn Quebec; William, Moran, , Also the China flee!, of, - iu snips, and the Serin :mutant, CLARK ; Iroii the South Seas; and Mar quis Cornwallis, SimPiorr; from Teneritfe. Thos. MAN TELL, Esq. was this day . eleaed Mayor, for the year ensuing. . DEAL; SEPT. 3 . —Arrived his Majesty's ship La tona, from the Leeward Islands, and the Revenge from Portsinotpli. -The East India fleet is hourly expeaed. Guile down from the. River the Sa!mina, WIL KINsoN,for New Galen; Hinckley, fur Boston ; and sailed with the arsar, SHANDS, lor Jamaica ; and Sitelia, LOVE, for Martinique. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Arriied the Duke of Montrose packet from Cadiz. HARWICH, SEPT. B.—Arrived 30 sail of trans ports, with troops trout Flushing; and his Majesty's ship Prince of Orange. &lied the Lord Aelson packet for Flushing. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To his Maj,sty's ships Thalia and Emerald, lb, the cap lure 01 the North Star, on the 3th, at No, 3, Salter's-hall Court, Cannon-street, and every Monday and Thursday, at the saute place, for three years. To nis Majesty's ships Endyinion and Charripion, for the capture of t'he Triumptiante, on the Bth inst. at No. 3, Sal ter's-hall Court, Cannon -street, and every Monday and Thursday, at the, 'saute place, for three years. "Tp Majesty's ship IVI mine for the capture of La Con cordia.,the Bth inst. at No - . 3, ' Saltel's-hall COurt,Cannon oi street, and every Monday and Thursday, for three. Weeks, at the same Owe. • To his , Majesty's ships Brilliant and Boreas, for the capture of the Danish ship. St. Hans, on bdard, on her arrival in port . ; and the lioreas's proportion on the _nth inst. at No. Clements'-inn, and for both ships, every Tuesday and _Friday, for three years at the sain )lace To his Majesty's ship• Brilliant, f or i the capture of the Da nish ship .Montreal, on hoard, on her arrival in port, and every Tuesday and Friday, for thre e mont h s, at No. a, Cle nlents'-inn. • • ' The Basilisk gun-brig has arrived at Yarmouth from the Baltic, with dispatches from Sir JAMES, SAC N AREZ, and letters from the-fleet. The Basilisk was attacked . in the Baltic by ',four Danish praams i with very heavy metal and 50 men each, for nearly two hours, in which time she suff ere d i n her rigging 'very materially, and every thing being cut away e - 1 cept the braces and ties. A breeze, however, for tunately sprung up, and she made tier escape, other wise she. must have sttuck, as two praams were placed • on the bow, and two on the quarter. Basilisk had none kiiled, and only two wounded. ' The-Scout sloop of wa4- has put into Gibraltar for repair, atter an action with twb privateers, one of 18 and the other 214 guns, in the Gulf of Genoa ., The .Master of the Scout and tile wen Were killed The following is a corret List of the Passengers 'by the Cllina fleet . Royal George—Major Young, Lady, and family; William Baring, Esq. ‘Vinackea—Captain Phillips and Son ; Mr. ,T. Brown, Asi.istant Surgeon ; Mr. E. R.•Elderton Mr. H. Gretg. Alliwick Castle —Dr. Scott, Lady, and 4 children ; Capt. Scott, and Mr. Foxhall. Elphii.stone—J. 1). F. Iphinstone, Esq. Lieut. Perch, 65t11 Reginlent ; Cant.. U. Grim. porsetsiiire—Lieut. A. Glover, Ocean—Lieut. Col. Stewart, 'Royals; Lieut. IL Camp bell ; W. Fraser, Esq. Grenville--Col. Oakes, • Lady and family; Lieut. C. Boyce, liOnibay Marine. Cantoll—Nh. I. Marten and family; Capt: H. Maughan ; Mr. A IvidOre. Warley—Capt. Eyles and Lady ; Miss Ann Thorne ; Miss and Master Gifford ; Ensign Thomas• Eretich, 47th Regi rnsnt. • Exeter—Lieut. G. Aplin. Widmer Castle---Padre Roderigo ; C. A. Cid, Esq. Lieut. Caulfield. His Majesty's ship Diomede sailed from S. He -1.-na for India on the 14th of July, to join Admiral DRURY. His• Majesty's ship Doris, Captain COLE, was at Prince of Wales's Island thezth of April, where the lhilltelminu frigate was lying as guard-ship. The Lioh man of war, which convoyed the fleet from China to St. Helena, was left to convoy to England the Bengal fleet, daily expetied to arrive at that island. The Li6n, with the China 'fleet under convoy, sailed from Lintin on the 7th of March, made Pulo A. , ito on the 18th, entered the Straits of Sincapore on the 'lgeh, .joined by his Majesty's Ship Blunche, Captain llAwsoN, anchored at Malacca on the 2.:2d, Weighed on the 23d, arrived at Penang 31st, sailed from thence sth April, Gth spoke a convoy from fiengal., under his Majesty's ship Sainarang, bound to Penang;' the 27th, in lat. 4, S. long. - 94. E. the country ships Castlereagh and- liesbrutiQn parted company, bound to Bornhay, and on the 17th of July arrived at St. Helena. The present arrival; do not bring any positive in formation of the missing ships, of the last, or pre ceding homeward-bound fleets. During their stay at St.. Helena, however, an America ship arrived, the mastr a - of Which reported, that three indiamen had been captured and sent into the Mauritius. He could not recoll&.-t their names, but it is conjeaured by Some that these ships are the Glory, Experiment, and the Lord AelsOn, which were supposed to have thundered on or about the 26th of November, to the west ward of the Straits of Sunda, where they were last seen by the Albion in the greatest distress. — hers suppose the captured ships to be three of the tour missing - ships of the last fleet ; namely the Bengal, Calcutta, .Duchess cf . Gordon,- and Ludy Jane Dundaj. It is,. however, generally believed, that the last-mentioned missing ships have put into Madagascar, where they will remain during ,the prevalence of the periodical Westerly winds, and tlit‘, in the event of their having received damage, they will return to Bombay to repair. On the,22d of last month, arrived at Gottenburgh an Atherican vessel, which- had been captured by.a Danish privateer off Fladstrand. At the time of her capture, sixteen of the privateer's crew were put on board to carry-her into port ; but, just as the ship was entering the roadstead, the Americans, who there twelve in number, rose upon the Danes, whom they attacked with knives, handspikes, Sze, and, after a severe struggle,,in which one Dane was killed, and the others desperately wounded, repossessed themselves of the vessel. Ode of the Americans was thrown overboard, and the rest.severely wound ed. The M'aster was not expected to survive.— A Dane was wounded in no less than 16 different places. A vessel is arrived from Gijon. It will be recol leded that we mentioned that Gen. BALLASTEROS was proceeding to Santander, with the design of tak ing possession of that place, assisted by some British ships of war. This vessel brings a report, that with • the co-operation of three English frigates this pur pose had been accomplished. Our Readers will find in an 'advertisement in our paper of this day, a Resolution of the Merchants and Bankers of London, to eelebrate• the fiftieth anniversary of the accession of.our virtuous and be loved, Sovereign to the Throne, by a public dinner on the 25 t h of 03,./ber .dexr,-, for which pUrpose the Company of Merchant Taylors have granted the use of their Hall. A Requisition, sighed by twenty of the Members of the Court of Corrunon Council,. with Alderman Sir WILLIAM CURTIS at their head, was yesterday also presented to , the Lotin MAYOR. re questing his Lordship to convene a Court of Corn ,mOn Council at an early day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the - propriety of celebrating the Jubilee in a manner becoming the dignity and chara6ter of the British Metropolis. • The ,negociations between Mr. SHERIDAN and Mr. ARNOLD have, we find, at lest amicably ter- urinated,- and the - Lyceum is to be the scene of action for the Drciry-lan 9 company during the ensuing season. It is bat justiceto state, tha4 from all we have learned on the subjeet, Mr. AittsroLo Was mast readily disposed to give all possible - taciliti to the arrangement, and that the propositions ()tiered by Mr. SHERIDAN, though not eraaly what the for mer required, were the best that could be devised under the peculiar circurnstancei of the Drury-lane property, and its complicated interests. FIRE.—An alarming and destrudive fire broke out on Tuesday night in the dVelling-house of the,ltev. Mr. Rolland, at Baker's Lodge, between 'Uxbridge . and Rickmansworth, which was occasioned by a maid-servant setting fire to her clothes, and which proved fatA - to her. Mr. Rolland and his family were spending the evening at a friend's house, and the servant was waiting up for them. Her shrieks alarmed . two men=servants who slept up stairs, but the room had then caught fire, and it was with dif ficulty that the men escaped. The poor woman escaped from the house, but died in half an hour, and in Tess than an hour the dwelling-house was in A serious affray tock place'on Friday night, in the neighbourhood at Foreden Bridge, Sussex, between a party of smugglers, nine in number, and about half-a-dozen officers of Excise, and their assistants; The smugglers were attacked by the officers whilst removing contraband goods on eighteen horses, heavily laden, and after having been stopped, they commenced an attack with cudgels, and completely got the better of the officers. '['he latter, however, obtained assistance ; and pursued the smugglers se veral miles, and took twelve of the horses and their lading. Several on both sides were seriously injured, but there were no fire-arms used. SPAIN. MAbRID, AUG: s.—What can I write to you, in the insulated state in which we are ? It is tt,ow a capital offence to recel're . a! letter or, writing from any place. not yet subdi4ed by the Vandals, or to circulate any news. Last night a vast cavalcade of Counsellors of State,' Minister's . (i!iongh not all), and other fonetionaries, aid a number of partisans of the, Fretth who did not choose to be left behind, set out from this city: There were 783 carriages, of different descriptions, besides an innumerable quantity of horses; all of which took the foad into Castile, by way Of Rotas and C dapagar, with ao escort of 300 infantry. 'They took •With them eve% • a number of their sick and wounded. The occa sion of this journey, .is a mandate of Joseph, which was communicated yesterday, Ordering the transfer of the Court to. St. slldefonse. Cabarrus and Arrivas remain here . ; the former, in order to impose a contribution of 10 millions of feats, which 40 merchants have to furnish in 24 hours ; and the latter, being cruel and sanguinary, to terrify those who are dilatory in payin g th e su m s imposed,' with threats of the gallOws. ,They have before raised 90 millions of reais. . BELLUNO is said to be at MoStoleN, with 12,000 men, plundering the towns they pas's through : here not a Ningle horse nor any cap le' Whatever has been left behind. The garrison consists of 3000 'infantry, and very few cavalry, with a great dumber of mounted cannon, but no artillerymen 'to serve them. In the course of the week mote titan 6000 wounded have come in, the result of the battle of the 28th, and many of these departed with the rest, last night. Cabarrus has stripped ate Customhouse, and carried' away the public funds. Come soon, for God's sake,. and deliv e r ; you ha , ,e no idea what millions are car, ried 'away. in money and jewels at night, though great quantities still remain in the Retina. They, however, will be sent away to-day or to-morrow, if horses can be stolen for the purpose. All who go with them carry more money than they are worth. Much, very, much, has been taken from the houses of the Grandees. FOR THE SUN. MR. - EDTTOIt ' . In justice to departed tn;rit,althOugh in an enerr I reqt;est you will allow me to supply an omission-of the FrenCh Ed;tor, wh-se enumeration of the ex ploits of General LASALLE you gave us in your'PaPet 'of last Wtfdnesday. The omission to which I allude is the more strange, as the fa& thus con4l ; , ; piettto oblivion is recent, and wa s recorded, with evident satisfadidn, in one of the French bill, tins from Spain, in November or December last. It .3,,pred by that official publication,. that LASALLE haring' fallen in with sixteen poor stragglers or tired min of General/ HoPa's whom I-Ague-Arad-pre vented from keeping up wi , ll their corps, charted them with his light cavalry, with the , tartie I.,treptd . heroism as lie had overthrownWho'c -,nt:,,tro u s of Aus)rians, and put; them to the sii:ord. It was added' hi the same bulletin; with a hind of exulta tion, that this was ,the first meeting between the French and English in Spain. That the leader of such an achievement merited, as the French Editor asserts, the regret of Bb MCA-. PA RTE, I will ti.. 4 for a moment quegtion. 'He was a man exaelly after his own heart, who could gathet laurels even in a charnel-house. Hammersmith, Aug. 3 i, 1809 PREFERMENTS. X. X. The Rev. Harrison Packard, A.M. has been licensed to the perpetu.:l Curacies of Blythborough and Walhersbick, on toe nomination of Charles Blois,. Esq ; 3114 also to the Curacy ofreasehhali, on'the nonnnation of the Rev. F. Leg4ett. The Rev. Adam (oh') Walker, Curate of Leyboiime, Kent, has been instituted, by the Lod BishOp of Ilerefuld, to the Rectory, of Bishopstone, and the VicardAe of Gazor, in his diocese, on the presentation of Uvedale Price, Fsq. The Rev. Henry Rice, orCholderton, is presentee!, by Sir Egerton Brydges, to the perpetual Ctiracy of Swinglield, itt Wilts. • The Rev. H. Kempson, M.A. Student-of Christ Church., Oxford, has been presented to the Vicacage of Long Prestn i , in Craven The Office of Register fOr the West-Riding is at length become vacant by the death of Mr. Peregrine Wee t Wort h. Four candidates ha , e• started to succeed him in this office, viz. Mr. Markland, of Leeds, Mr. • Busfeild, of Cononley ; iNfr. Hall Butner, oflton, and Mr. Hawkesworth, of Heath. Theelectien rests with the Freeholdeis of the West hiding, poss,e;sed at the time of election of tool. per titantuai, iu estete ofireehold lands, tenements or hereditament:; Jo be certified to the Scrutators upon oath, if required. • The following trait of brotherly affeEtion deserves to be recorded :—At the commencement of the pre sent contest between this country and France, a young man belonging to BOurdeaux, who had been -married only a few weeks, was drawn as a-conscript, and ordered to appedr before the Military Prefct at a stated period to enrol himself for the army. Hia feeVings, and the syinpathieing distress of his 'rela tives, may be more readily conceived than'describede A younger brother, however, being a witness to the .angUish of his brother and his young bride, con ceived thelaudable resolution of treeing him from his distresSing dileMma ; and, without giving the least notice to any of his relatives, he repaired te*the Pre fea, obtained his brother's discharge, and enrolled himself in his stead. Very soon afterwards he idined the army, and being placed in a regiment of dra , goons was taken prisoner on the Continent, and sent to this country, where he has remained a prisoner ever since, till ThurSday last, when he was liberated . in the following way :—His sister, during the short interval of peace in 1802 (if it may be so called), en tered into a Gentleman's family belonging to Bath, , as Lady's maid, and - in that capacity arrived at Ply mouth last week with the Lady of Captain Rayntun, -of theilliiiford, late . Miss Mayhew,' - of Bath. She had previously been acquaintedthat her brother was confined on-board a prison-ship in the harbour, and on mentioning the circumstance to her worthy mas ter, he interceded with Captain Woolley, the Fort Captain, who immediately interceded with Admirale Sutton, and obtained the prisoner's release for a given period, that he might, after.solongan estrange- Ment from every relative, enjoy the society of . a b,- loved sister. - We sincerely hope that a representa tion of this young man's case to Governnient may procure his. release. Hd is, 'we understand, an in teresting youth, has had a liberal education, and pos sesses all those amiable and social virtues Which ren der even an enemy respeetable. A short time ago Mr. Roscdre, of Liverpool, re ceived an anonymous letter, informing 'lan,' that eix black slaves had been thrown WO prison by a, Portuguese Captain, upon alleged 'atiOns of debt ; but in reality, because he found tltat they were free on their arrival in England, and he hoped by this expedient to detain them until his vessel should be ready to sail, Having verified the faCt; W . 11: sent a person to bail all the aCtions: Au ortt , r was ac cordingly issued for the discharge of the prisoners, when it was discovered that the Portuguese C.ip'tain had mustered about 100 of his conmiymert to seize the blacks,by force.on their exit from prison. Ap plication was instantly made to the Magstrates, v.Vho took, the Captain into custody, bound 'him 'to his good behaviour, andrestored the poor blocks to the enjoyment of their newly-aequil*i . liberty. . • WALKING MATCH.—Joseph Wacket, a private in the East London Militia, aged 67, ritty-one 'years of which he has been a soldier, backed by several Officers pf the regiment, uuderiook fur a wager of . fifty guiecas to walk four miles in forty minute,. The gre„-id fixed upon N.yers the Dept fot d-road, and Monday tart the day 01 pertormance. In the inter val, a veteran in. the West Lotikion„ in the 61st year A melancholy accident happened on the Ist inst. of his age, backed by S 0 lie of his Officers, seawed while the workmen. were cutting the Glasgow, as a rival, and engaged for the same antoont to walk Paisley, and Ardrossan Canel, near Ha w k bead the di stance in is 'tirtlki'han his fellowsso;dier. Mains, in the neighbouroood of Paisley, by the bank From the disparit) ot yeitts and appeal ante, bets !un of earth above . snddenly giving way, which killed considerably against'Mie:ketat st Mg, and cootwut d on the spot Joseph Harrison; labourer, and so dread- to do so aeacry half. the way, ‘k lit, it the sTtertnrs fully crushed one of the feet of Colin Campbell, walked abreast, and, indeed, haul] in hand ; but this another labourer, that it was o bli ge d t o b e an-pu- alveating to the respeCtive trie ,d, of the par le, to' tated below the calf of rthe - leg ; he now lies in the, be incompatible with !he - rives rivalry and teen- House of Recovery, Paisley, and is likely to do „. ; etsideni,•aed as likely to tereeteee sn . a tie, they in well.' Joseph Harrison has •left a Widow and tWo . sisted up4)6 Gieir separ i,teg, and irying their strength children, under tour rears at. age, to lament his and speed singly;. Foe the rt.t.,is atitug distance, the loss. • ' • t aiv‘ititZige wa evi !ently iu la.etr NOV-auk, t, h o Bristol Fair commenced on Friday, last, and ex- rtormed his task in 38 minutes and.a half,,bea in hihited a very large show of cat tl e . F a t, b e asts went hi s antagonist by one oftmate ;Jul 25 sccyllicii, to ,off readily at' good prices ; of the *lan kind great, great won ification of the kno sing ones,- si ho had numbers_were cfriett away unsold.' kiurses!brought a diffeience to wake good, to•the, tune of, six hurl high prices. . (Led guin,as. . It is said thal 'Belliard is marching away also, and that General Paris, who commands at present iti the Retito, 'is to stay here, in order to capitulate with some "800 men. The Treasurer-General goes also with them, • and takes with him all he has. It 4s said that the Ad ministrator of the post at Aranjuez sent in an account of the advance and positions of our army; it so, he ought to be hanged. / • From ten of the evening of the 29th of July to the following night, there had been great aait ity and hustle among the Ministers, Generals, soldiers, coun try people, the French, and their Spanish partizans, all employed in carrying-: t heir effects into the Retiro, where they shut themselves up. Coaches. and car riages of every kind, postillions, &.:: were all em ployed. The tumult in the Valace, • in,the Casa de Moneda, &c. was very great ; women :Ind children running in all dire&ions; all to;zether presented a scene'gratifying to tine Spaniards. The streets were filled with people of all classes, who ill concealed their secret pleasure. The cause of this tumult was inielligence'that the advanced guard of Venegas, &c. was approaching, and the garrison here consisted of only 2UOO men at the utmost, and a very fev3 ca valry. In order to take watch, four engineers as cended the tower of Santa' Cruz. But, this day all is chang*d again. • Many indivi duals have taken.their etlects 'back into their houses, and the Comluissaries and other Members of the Police have returned to command and tyrannize in the city,. +Aho yesterday exercised their . fun6tiansin the Retiro. From the 3ISt of Jiily to the ad inst. we calculate ther e have 13ett brought in more than 5000 wound ed, and among them 550 . 4Z:hi - leers. Of ttn,se~ brought in on the 2d, 209 • were put into the Seminario de Nobles; and on the same day came in from 30 to 40 ammunition waggons, five cannons, and five boats, which had been carried itt order to pass the Tagus. A dispatch was forwarded to thc Comrnis sary General, ordering him to prepare immediately 360 beds at the General Hospital. On the evening of the 2d, four carriages arrived, in which were Officers of rank. Tney were directly sent to the Retiro. On that day, three per ions were con slimily in. the Observatory, employed looking with telescopes. The wounded who have arrived here cannot deny their defeatl but console themselves with saying,"that they did too much in resisting so' great ,an army as that which attacked them. The King is to,day, ,(the 3d) at Iglesias waiting for Soult, who i 5 gone by the mountains of Airia and Cavalleros, towards Etra madura, in order to unite their whole force, and make an attack. At the same time every thing is prepared for a retreat, according to the orders given. It has been observed, that in the houses of some French Generals and Ministers (Counsellors of State) every thing was taken away ; and this day (the 3d), even the papers, This has been done 'cunningly, and rmich has been packed up to-day in the Retiro. Cabarrus -went away at halt past eleven, and the wife of Ch.- Governor of the pa:ace... The Marquis of Rotuana is. advancing by Valladolid, and the French are all intercepted. They are trying to unite, in order to break the line and escape ; but some .think they will try to elle& this by the way of Guadalaxara, seeing thin a great force is col- . . lected against them in Castile, and that they will en deavour to reach.Navarre, tearing much : the army of Venegas, &C.